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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Covestro Deutschland Ag, Leverkusen, DE;
COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the aniline content of hypersaline wastewater, said method comprising the steps of (a) providing a composition A comprising hypersaline wastewater and aniline, and (b) contacting composition A with cells of at least one halophilic microbial strain, thereby generating a composition B comprising said composition A and cells of said at least one halophilic microbial strain. The present invention further concerns a method for the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide. Further encompassed by the present invention is a composition comprising hypersaline wastewater, aniline, and cells of at least one halophilic microbial strain.